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Kensington 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

Published
1914
Pages
98
Tables
83

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  • Page VIII
    SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, For the year 1913.
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    Population.—On the assumption that the decline which took place in the intercensal period 1901-1911, will be somewhat less marked in the current decade, the population of the Borough in the middle of the year 1913 is estimated to have numbered 171,700, and it is on this figure that the birth rate and the death rates for the year have been calculated.
    Census Population, 1911.Families or separate occupiers, Census 1911.Estimated Population, 1913.
    In private families.Inmates of Institutions.Totals.Families,Institu-tions.
    Cols. 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.
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    The following Table shows the number of births and the birth-rate in North and South Kensington and in the several Wards, after distribution of the births at the Borough Infirmary, Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and other Institutions.
    Total Births.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.
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    To estimate the effect of social status on the birth-rate in North and South Kensington, the female population of child-bearing age has been obtained for the two districts from the Registrar General
    District.Females, aged 15-45.Single.Married.Widowed.
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    The legitimate birth rate, expressed as the number of legitimate births per 1,000 married females, aged 15 45 years, is shown in the following table:—
    1918.North Kensington.South Kensington.The Borough.
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    The number of deaths at all ages with the corresponding death-rates in the Borough, in North and South Kensington and in the several Wards was as follows:—
    Districts.Number of Deaths.Crude Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants.
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    The difference between the infantive death-rates recorded in the various districts of the Borough is very marked, as will be seen from the following figures:—
    District.Deaths under one year.Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births.
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    Causes of Infantile Mortality.—In the following Table the deaths occurring in infants under the age of 12 months during the year 1913 and the two preceding years have been classified according to the nature of the disease which was in each case certified as the cause of death.
    Cause of Death.Number of Deaths.
    191119121913
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    The seasonal incidence of diphtheria, with that of scarlet fever and enteric fever is illustrated by the subjoined Table:—
    Report for four weeks endedNo.of Notifications.
    Diphtheria.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.
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    The following Table shows the number of cases of diphtheria and the mortality during 1913 and in previous year:– Diphtheria in Kensington, 1901-1913.
    Year.Cases Notified.Case-rate per 1,000 of population.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 of population.Case-mortality per cent.
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    The type of the disease was exceptionally mild, the case mortality being equivalent to only 5 deaths, as compared with an average of 30 deaths among every thousand cases in the last intercensal period. Scarlet Fever in Kensington, 1901-1913.
    The Year.Cases notified.Case rate per 1,000 of population.Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 of population.Case mortality per cent
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    53 cases and 9 deaths. The following figures show the diminished prevalence of the disease during the last three years:—
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    Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Sixteen cases of ophthalmia in newly-born infants were notified during the year. The results recorded were as follows:—
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    Epidemic Diseases.
    Notifiable.Deaths, 1913.Non-Notifiable.Deaths, 1913
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    Non-notifiable Epidemic Diseases in1913.
    Report for four weeks endedNumber of Deaths.
    Measles.Whooping Cough.InfluenzaDiarrhœa * & Enteritis.
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    In regard to of the patients notified no information was obtained. The incidence or the remaining 547 cases on the houses invaded, which in nearly every instance contained more than one family, was as follows:—
    Cases per House.Number of Houses.Total Cases.
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    A. 392 houses invaded by Single Cases. B. 06 houses invaded by Multiple Cases.
    Conditions noted.The Number per cent. of
    A.—392 houses.B.—66 houses.
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    The diet of the notified cases in children under 1 year of age is indicated in the following Table:— Diet.
    Under 7 months.7-12 months.Under 1 year.
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    Tuberculosis in Kensington, 1901-1913.
    Period.Number of Deaths and Death-rate per 100,000 persons living.
    Phthisis.Other Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculosis-—All Forms.
    Deaths.Death-rateDeaths.Death-rate.Deaths.Death-rate.
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    Deaths from Tuberculosis in Wards, 1906-1910 and 1913.
    District.Number of Deaths.Death-rate per 10,000.
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms.
    1906-10.1913.1913.1906-10.1913.1913.
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    Deaths from Tuberculosis in Age Periods.
    Age Periods.Under 5 years.5 to 15.15 to 4545 and upwards.Total.
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    The place at which death occurred affords some indication of the provision made in institutions for persons in the last stages of tuberculous disease:—
    Place of Death.Number of Deaths from
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms.
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    Notifications Received.—The notifications received during the year numbered 1,409, and tiave been classified in the following Table:—
    Number of Notifications.
    A.B.c.D.Before Feb. 1st.Total.
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    The notifications on Form A of persons suffering from tuberculosis, and on Form C of patients admitted to residential institutions were received from the following sources:—
    Source of Notifications.Phthisis.Other forms of Tuberculosis.
    Form A.Form C.Total.Form A.Form C.Total.
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    Cases of Tuberculosis Reported in 1913.
    Source of Information.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms.All Forms. Total Cases.
    New Cases.Notified in prev ious yearsTotal Cases.New Cases.
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    The year of primary notification in the case of previously notified persons who died in 1913 is shown in the following Table:— Deaths in 1913 of persons previously notified.
    Date of primary notification.Number of Deaths in 1913.
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms.
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    Distribution of Notified Cases.
    District.Number of New Cases.
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms.Total. All Forms.
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    Age and Sex of Persons Notified.
    Tuberculosis.Under 5 years.5-15.15-25.25-35.35-45.45-55.55 and upwards.Total.
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    Forms of Tuberculosis in Persons Notified.
    Site of Disease.Number of Cases.
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    Home Accommodation of Patients previously unknown.
    Accommodation.l Room.2 Rooms.3 Rooms.4 or more Rooms.Common Lodging House.Unknown.Total Cases.
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    Source of Infection.—The source of infection in 146 cases appears to have been as follows'.
    Source of Infection.Cases of Tuberculosis.
    Pulmonary.Other Forms.
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    In the next Table the circumstances are tabulated, which in 421 instances brought two or more consumptives either before or during their illness to reside under the same roof.
    Number of Notified Consumptives per House.234567Total.
    Circumstances of Association.Number of Houses.
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    Occupation of Consumptive Persons.
    Occupation.Cases.Deaths.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Occupation.Cases.Deaths.
    Males.Females.- Males.Females.
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    Deaths from Cancer, 1913.
    Parts Affected.Sex.Total.
    Male.Female.
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    BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK. The following bacteriological work has been carried out in the Lister Institute at the Council's expense, with a view to assisting medical practitioners in the diagnosis of infectious ailments:—
    Disease Suspected.Number of Cases.
    Positive.Negative.Total.
  • Page 37
    The Register of Milk Purveyors.
    Class of Premises.
    Milkshops.General Stores.Restaurants.Totals.
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    The inspections of the above premises during the year numbered 1,316, and resulted in the discovery of the following defects which were remedied after the service of notices:—
    Defects FoundNumber of Defects.
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    Samples Collected by the Sanitary Inspectors.
    Name of Sample.Number Taken.Number Adulterated
  • Page 45
    The number of inhabited and empty dwellings or tenements in the Borough in the Census year 1911 was as follows:—
    District.Dwellings or Tenement.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited. Dwellings.
    Separately Occupied Tenements.Institutions
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    Council's Lodging Houses
    Rooms in Tenement.Number of Tenements.Rent per Week.
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    Common Lodging Houses.
    Ward.Name of Keeper.Address of Common Lodging House.No. of Lodgers, for which licensed in 1913.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 53
    "The subjoined Table summarises particulars of the 67 factories and 805 workshops on the register at the end of the year in North Kensington and South Kensington respectively.
    Workshops, etc.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Whole Borough
    Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.Dressmakers.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
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    "The businesses carried on at the registered premises are set out in the subjoined list:—
    Trade or Business.North Kensington.South Kensington.Total in the Borough.
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    Home Work.
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    Home Work.
    Nature of Work.No. of Premises.
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    Condition of homes Visited—The following Table shows the circumstances of the 170 homes where work is carried on:—
    Nature of Room used for Work.Condition of Rooms.Total Number of Rooms.
    Clean.Fairly Clean.Dirty.
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    Inspection of Women's Workshops.
    1918North Kensington.South Kensington.Total for Borough.
    DressmakersLaundries.MiscellaneousTotalDressmakersLaundries.MiscellaneousTotal.
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    I.—Inspection.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    II.—Defects Found.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
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    III.—Home Work.
    NATURE OF WORK.*OUTWORKERS' LISTS. SECTION 107.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
    Lists received from Employers.NoticesProsecutions.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (S. 110).Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110)
    Sending twice in the year.Sending once in the year.served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Lists.OutworkersOutworkers.
    Contractors.Workmen.Lists.ContractorsWorkmen.
    1.2.3.4.5.6.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.
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    IV.—Registered Workshops.
    Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the Year.Number.
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    V.—Other Matters.
    Class.Number.
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    Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Metropolis Local Management Act and Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.
    Date.Name and Address of Defendant.Offence.Result.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Date.Name and Address of Defendant.Offence.Result.
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    Disinfection, 1913.
    Nature of Infection.Rooms Disinfected.Premises Disinfected.Disinfections at Wood Lane.
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    I am indebted to Mr Buck, Superintendent, for the subjoined particulars as to the use made of the Public Baths and Washhouses during 1913 and the three preceding years by washers and bathers:—
    Year.Washers.Bathers.
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    During the year 239 bodies were deposited at the Mortuary under the following circumstances:—
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    Number of Bodies taken into the Mortuary.
    Year.No. of bodies received at the Mortuary.No. of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held.No. of bodies upon which post mortem examinations were made.
  • Page 71
    APPENDIX.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths.Nett Deaths belonging to the District
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.of Nonresidents registered in the District.of Residentsnot registered in the District.Under 1 Year of AgeAt all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 NettNumber.Rate.*
  • Page 72
    TABLE II.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Tolal Casas Notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
    At all Ages.At Ages.—Years.St. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.yueen s Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
    Under 1.1 to 5.-5 to 15.15 to'25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of" Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or " Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.
  • Page 74
    TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.
    Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
  • Page 75
    TABLE V. Births and Deaths in Kensington; Birth-rates and Death-rates ; and Infantile Mortality 1881-1913 in London and Kensington.
    PeriodNumber of Births.Birth Rate per 1,000 living.Number of Deaths.Death Rate per 1,000 living.Deaths under One Year.Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births.
    London.Kensington.London.Kensington.London.Kensington.
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    TABLE VI. Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases, 1881-1913.
    Period.Deaths from the Seven Principal Epidemic Diseases.
    Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping-CoughEnteric Fever.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all ages).Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).
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    TABLE VII. Death-rate in Kensington, per 1,000 persons living, from each of the Seven Principal Epidemic Diseases, 1881-1913.
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    TABLE VIII. Causes of Death at different periods of life in the Year 1913.
    CAUSES OF DEATHClassification No.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.Totals— Under 5 Years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.Totals— Above 5 Years.
    TotalMFMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFTot al
  • Page 78
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Classification No.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.Totals— Under 5 Years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.Totals— Above Five Years.
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    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Classification No.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.Totals— Under 5 Years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.Totals— Above 5 Years.
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    TABLE VIII.- -continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Classification NoTotals — All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years2 and under 5 years.Totals— Under Five Years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.Totals— Above Five Years
    TotalMFMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFTotal
  • Page 81
    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Classification No.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.T otals— Under 5 Years.5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years65 years and upwards.T otals— Above 5 Yeats.
    TotalMFMFMFMFMFTotalMFMFMFMFMFMFTotal
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    TABLE VIII.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Classification No.Totals— All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.Totals— Under 5 Years.S and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.Totals— Above 5 Years.
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    TABLE IX—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1913.
    PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACES.Number of inspections, 1913.Number of notices, 1913.Number of prosecutions, 1913.
    On register at end of 1912.Added in 1913.Removed in 1913.On register at end of 1913.
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    Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes, 2,536.
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    TABLE X. Summary of the Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1913.
    DESCRIPTION OF WORK, Etc.number of district.Grand Total.
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    SELECTED STREETS IN NORLAND WARD. TABLE XI.—Deaths in Males and Females and Place of Death, 1913.
    Streets.Male.Female.Total.Home.Kensington Infirmary.Hospitals and Places beyond the Borough.
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    TABLE XII.—Population in 1911 and Deaths in 1913 at Age Periods.
    Age Period.Under 5 years.5-15.15-25.'25-45.45-65.65 and upwards.All Ages.Male.Female.
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    TABLE XIII.—Infantile Mortality, Births and Deaths in Legitimate and Illegitimate Infants under the age of 1 year.
    Streets.Births.Deaths under 1 year.
    Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
  • Page 86
    TABLE XIV.—Causes of Death, 1913.
    Cause of Death.Bangor Street.Crescent Street.Keoley Street.Portland RoadSt. Katberine's Road.Sirdar Road.Total.
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    TABLE XV.—Legitimate and Illegitimate Births in 1913 per 1,000 Females aged 15-45 in Census Population 1911.
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    WORKING-CLASS RENTS AND RETAIL PRICES. BOARD OF TRADE ENQUIRY. TABLE XVI.—Index Numbers showing Comparison with London Districts in 1912 (London—Middle Zone — 100). Weekly Rents.
    Food.Coal.Coal and Food.RentRent, Coal and Food.Weekly Rents.
    2 Rooms.3 Rooms.
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    TABLE XVII.—Percentage Difference in Rents and Prices and Actual Difference in Weekly Rents between 1905 and 1912.
    Food.Coal.Coal and Fuel.Rent.Rent, Coal and Food.Weekly Rents.
    2 Rooms.3 Rooms.
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    TABLE XVIII.— Weekly Budget in 1905 and in 1912 of man and wife with one child, earning, say, 30s., spending from 22s. to 24s. on food, coal, rent and clothes, and residing in Kensington.
    1905,1912.Increase ( + )Decrease (-)
    £s.d.£s.d.Per cent.1Per week.
    S.d